"It is a strong opportunity to continue advancing in conquering new markets with seafood," highlighted the director of ProChile Los Lagos.
A series of technical visits and meetings with leaders of industry groups of the aquaculture industry carried out five additions this week ProChile, starting the activities of the event Enexpro Commercial Aggregates.
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It was about the commercial additives of ProChile Silvana Gattini from the Toronto Office (Canada), Ian Frederick from Los Angeles (United States), Hugo Corales from Sao Paulo (Brazil), Gabriel Guggisberg from Madrid (Spain) and Gonzalo Rubilar from Guangzhou (China).
The regional director of ProChile in Los Lagos, Ricardo Arriagada, explained that this visit is part of the beginning of the commemoration of the 50 years from ProChile, for which they traveled to the country 25 representatives among the main destinations of Chilean products and services, besides four agricultural additions.
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This visit has been very interesting and informative for the trade representatives who represent us in markets as relevant as the United States, China, Spain, Canada and Brazil. The dialogue with the representatives of the companies and export associations allowed us to define the search for new opportunities for our salmon and mussels (more commonly known as) clams in the local market), in addition to other products with added value, that will allow to develop several actions in some of these offices during this year 2024," said Arriagada.
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The technical visits program started at the company's plant for fresh, frozen and smoked salmon, and remote feeding center Multi X.
Later, they were able to tour the mussel processing plant Trasantartic Limited, which like Multi X is located in the commune of Puerto Montt, Los Lagos region.
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Similarly, they participated in a working meeting with representatives of some of the main aquaculture trade associations, the Chilean Salmon Council (CDS) and the Aquaculture Innovation Club.
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For ProChile this is a strong opportunity to continue advancing in conquering new markets with seafood. Several of these companies will also have the opportunity to meet with other commercial attaches in working meetings that will take place this week in Santiago (Metropolitan Region), Iquique (Tarapacá Region) and Concepción (Biobío Region), so we expect to obtain concrete results "in the medium term", said the regional director of ProChile Los Lagos.
The commercial attaché of ProChile in Canada, Silvana Gattini, highlighted as "very valuable" the opportunity to meet in person the salmon farming and mussel farming industries, which -she said- "because of their quality still has" many opportunities in the Canadian market"
Same opinion expressed by the commercial attaché of ProChile in Spain, Gabriel Guggisberg, who said that it is a "very important market for Chilean seafood, therefore it should" increase preference for national products"
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For Gonzalo Rubilar, commercial attaché in Guangzhou, "the salmon industry is very important for the Chinese market. We believe it will be very positive for everything we have to do during the 2024-2025 year." The salmon industry has very important challenges in Asia. Coho salmon sector has just openedCoho salmon), that will give us a new product to our export portfolio in Asia-China.
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In Enexpro Commercial Aggregates participate Chilean exporting companies or those with exporting potential that have an offer of the priority sectors of ProChile, with the aim of maintaining, promoting or exploring international markets.
*Photos: courtesy of ProChile Los Lagos.
